THE FIGHT AGAINST DISSENT IN RUSSIA IN THE 1960 S – 1980 S

Abstract

The paper defines the main conditions of development of dissent and focuses on the forms of the state’s fight against it. The content and consequences of criminal proceedings against dissidents in various regions of the country are revealed. The features of dissent in the regions of Western Siberia are: a latent form; a small circle of participants consisting of teachers and students; the influence of human rights defenders from Central regions ofRussia. The result of the confrontation between the authorities and dissidents was the suppression of dissent in the center and the regions ofRussiain the early 1980s, the ideology and forms of struggle of the various sects of dissenters will be in demand with the beginning of perestroika.

Keywords

• dissent, protest forms, power, criminal code, court